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At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

Guesner Army wagon pulled by two horses near building on river.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0220 Author/Creator: Guesner Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 photograph ; 34.9 x 27.3 cm Order a Copy

Three men sit in the wagon on what appear to be coiled hoses. There are people standing near the building and an unhitched wagon at far end of the building.

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